Our goal is to enable North Koreans to enjoy the rights they deserve
as human beings in their daily lives and live a free and prosperous
life.
Unification Minister Kwon Youngse delivers a speech at a
seminar on the occasion of the UN COI on Human Rights in the DPRK‘s
10th anniversary (March 20)
On March 20, Minister Kwon Youngse
attended a seminar held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea and delivered a speech.
Minister Kwon
said, “The Yoon administration has set the human rights issue in North
Korea as a task equally as important as resolving the North’s nuclear
program, and is exploring every avenue to solve it, including
appointing an ambassador for human rights in North Korea and
co-sponsoring a UN resolution on North Korea’s human rights
abuses.”
“In particular, we plan to launch the North Korean Human
Rights Promotion Committee, which will serve the role and function of
the North Korean Human Rights Foundation until its establishment to
preserve the purpose of the North Korea Human Rights Act,” he
added.
Moreover, he stated that “The Unification Ministry will
soon publish an annual report on the status of human rights in North
Korea, the first public report of the Korean administration, to inform
the world of the actual circumstances of North Korea’s human
rights.”
The minister closed his speech by saying, “Our goal is
to enable North Koreans to enjoy the rights they deserve as human
beings in their daily lives and live a free and prosperous life, and
that is the unified future we dream of.”
